Welcome toWild Smallie Guided Fishing
If you are looking to get in on the best, most exciting fishing the state has to offer, look no farther. While I specialize in chasing down smallmouth bass and muskies on the Upper Mississippi, I have other trips available as well. Wade fishing trips on local trout streams are a great option, and I am now featuring fall sturgeon trips as well.
My Blog
Quick Trip to the North Woods
I have been threatening to take Savannah camping for two years now, we finally made it happen. We made it to our campsite, a semi-remote lake in Paul Bunyan State Forest in the early afternoon, and had the boat launched by two. I have been to this lake before, and...
Dream trip to Seychelles, or “How to set the hook on a big fish”
Click the link below to be blown away by some guys that really know how to put the screws to some big fish with the fly rod! All of us that chase bass and muskies with a fly should take notes on how these guys set the hook. Even if it results in a broken rod, like...
Back on the Mississippi
Finally, the river has come back into shape. Although when I checked my records I see it was actually later than this last year before we could get after the brown bass on the river. I headed up to my preferred high water launch site this weekend and was greeted by...
River too high?? Don’t forget the lakes!
Small Tiger Muskie Mason Johnston from Shawnee, KS Yeah, yeah, the rivers have been too high. The Mississippi has been flowing at over 20,000, the St Croix over 10,000, even the Rum has been approaching 5,000 CFS. No one loves river fishing as much as me, and I will...
Family fishing fun, finished by feasting on fried fillets
Yesterday was the first of many family fishing outings I'll have with my clan. Fishing with a bunch of girls does present problems, there's almost guaranteed to be at least one outburst of crying, and I don't know why I haven' t learned to BRING MORE FOOD. At least...
Invasive Species Rant
I'm at a boat launch near home this weekend, and here comes the DNR's Milfoil Boy. Nothing against this guy, he was polite and just doing his job, and I answered all his questions like I have many times before. When we were done with the mandatory back-and-forth,...